Don't Be Shy! How to Start a Conversation in English

wanna speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com hi everybody my name is Alisha and welcome back to top words today's topic is ten lines you need for introducing yourself so let's go hello it's nice to meet you hello it's nice to meet you you can only use this the first time that you meet someone if you say this to somebody after you have met them already you're going to see them either a like you've completely forgotten meeting them or be like you are a very strange person for saying it's nice to meet you again so when you use this the first time you can shake hands with someone and say hello it's nice to meet you my name is the next phrase is my name is blah blah blah in my case my name is Alicia you can use this again when you're introducing yourself or if you need to reintroduce yourself you can use this pattern when you meet somebody at a party for example you can say my name is blah blah blah my name is Barbara my name is Stevens you can shorten this you can say my names my name is blah blah blah I'm from after you've said your name after you've shaken hands you can say I'm from the US I'm from Japan I'm from Turkey I am from your mom's house I'm from I'm from a cave in southern Europe I'm from your country or I'm from your city I'm from the future I live in I live in blah blah blah you can use your city you can use your country you can use even maybe if you live near a certain station you can use the name of the station where you live so for example I live in America it's fine I live in Los Angeles it's fine I live in New York it's fine so your neighborhood is fine if someone says where do you live and you say I live in an apartment it's like what so please use your the region or the location where you live not the type of place where you live i'muh if you hear the question what do you do it it's asking about your job in angle people don't say what is your job that's not the question that we ask instead the question is what do you do and the correct response to that is I'm a or I'm n bla bla bla followed by your job title so if someone says what do you do you can say I'm a teacher what do you do I'm an engineer what do you do I'm donut shop tester I'm years old when someone asks how old are you you can say I'm blah blah blah years old don't forget the S at the end of this if you like you can shorten this phrase to just I'm plus your age so I'm 65 I'm 13 whatever I'm this many sometimes children will say that how old are you they'll say I'm this many it's kind of cute first time you meet someone you might not ask how old are you if it's in a friendly case like a party after you've spoken to the person a little bit it's okay but just try to be sensitive to the context try to be sensitive to the people around you and if you sense that maybe there's a very large age gap between you it might be better just not to ask the question at all I enjoy many of my students say what is your hobby but that's not something that native speakers will say no native speakers say what is your hobby instead we ask what do you like to do or what do you do in your free time this is a much more natural question than what's your hobby the answer to this then is I enjoy or I like plus a noun phrase so for example what do you like to do I like listening to music or I enjoy listening to music what are you do in your free time I like watching movies what are you do in your free time I like baking cakes what do you do in your free time I enjoy tap dancing what do you do in your free time I enjoy making new friends oh one of my hobbies is one of my hobbies is blah blah blah with this one it's probably better to use a short easily or easy to understand hobby if you're explaining a hobby people are gonna expect that it's gonna be something that they know about like photography or cooking or dancing or swimming or whatever so try to pick something that will allow you to continue the conversation that's why movies are cooking or books or you know sports are a good thing to share one of my hobbies is it snowboarding I've been learning English for if you are learning English if you're studying English you can use this expression if someone asks you how long have you been studying English you can say I've been studying English for amount of time or I've been learning English or I've been practicing English or I've been speaking English for a certain amount of time I've been studying English since elementary school is also okay to use I've been studying English since I was in college just be careful for is used for a length of time and since is used for a specific point in time at which you started something so if you can try and mix it up and use a few different expressions there so I've been learning English for a long time I'm still learning English you should do that okay I'm learning English at English class 101.com this probably could be used in response to where did you learn English or where are you studying English or how are you studying English you can respond with I'm learning English at English class 101.com or I'm learning English at my school I'm learning English at my private teachers house for example so a little bit of grammar in this sentence why do we use the progressive tense I'm learning English if you say I'm learning it sounds like you're still continuing your studies if you say I learned English at English class 101.com it sounds like you're finished like you you're finished studying there's nothing else for you to study so you're done so it's it's much much more natural to actually use the progressive I'm learning or I'm studying when you're talking about your studies when you're talking about your hobbies than it is to say I learned or I studied and and and and so those were ten lines that you need to introduce yourself and to help give the other person a little bit of information and carry the conversation forward so please try them please go crazy with them make them your own thanks very much for joining us for this episode of top words and we'll see you again soon by I'm from your neighbor's doghouse fish glub-glub oh yes I'd like to go spelunking in North Africa every summer hi welcome back to weekly words my name is Alisha and this week we're going to talk about ways to say hi this should be fun let's get started first is yo this one is a little bit casual in case you couldn't tell I used for close friends maybe family members if you have kind of a silly relationship with them just quick short easy to do in a sentence yo how's it going howdy howdy traditionally associated with cowboy culture I suppose he should play a banjo maybe or you've just gotten off a horse I don't know I use howdy from time to time howdy howdy howdy howdy didn't that's my banjo yeah in the sentence you might say howdy folks welcome to the barbecue party next is hay hay is good friendly phrase you can usually use hay with a wave and smile look happy if you don't people might think that you're down in the dumps people might think you're not in a very good mood in a sentence hey I heard you got engaged last week congratulations something like that it's usually kind of a cheery happy expression alright next is what's up what's up is the long form of sup this does not literally mean what is above you right now if you want to be funny you can say the ceiling or the sky but that joke gets old really fast and chances are the person you're talking to has already heard it before it just means what are you up to what is going on with you in a sentence what's up did you have a good weekend typical response - what's up is not much find out some more responses in English in three minutes we didn't Episode on this nothing much how about you that's pretty good pretty good pretty good pretty good [Laughter] the next one is a long time no see you can use this one you haven't seen the other person for a long time you're at a party or at an event or whatever any time it's been a long break you can decide how long long is not the day before or the week before maybe a few weeks or a month whatever is unusual for you and this other person when you see them you can say hey time no see how have you been that's the end so those are a few different ways to say hi in a few different situations I hope that you have a chance to try them out so the next time you meet someone or you greet someone thanks very much for joining us this week and we'll see you again soon sort of things up it likes they seem like it's up to imagine you're on a plane there's someone next to you what do you say hi Alicia here introducing yourself in English is easy in this lesson you're going to learn how with Gustavo and Henry who meet on a plane Gustavo is moving to New York his family is going to join him later in the month Henry is in the seat when Gustavo gets on the plane let's watch excuse me sorry about that hi how do you do I'm Gustavo nice to meet you Gustavo I'm Henry Eddins I'm sorry can you say that again please a bit slowly Henry Eddins Henry Eddins that's it but please call me Hank Hank nice to meet you now the lesson focus here's how to introduce yourself ready do you remember how Gustavo introduced himself hi how do you do I'm Gustavo when Gustavo introduced himself he started with hi and then used a set phrase how do you do how do you do this is a polite expression people often use with an introduction it sounds like a question but it has no particular meaning and there's no expectation the other person will try to answer it next he says I'm Gustavo the first part of this sentence is a contraction of two words I and am the am here functions like an equal sign in math I'm I'm the next word in the sentence is a named Gustavo together it's I'm Gustavo the structure of the pattern is hi how do you do I'm plus your name now you try imagine your name is John say hi how do you do I'm John hi how do you do I'm John now imagine your name is ICO say hi how do you do I'm Aiko hi how do you do I'm Aiko now use your name okay there are two additional things you need to know first there's a shortcut for giving your name just drop the I'm from the final sentence of the self introduction for example if Gustavo just said hi how do you do Gustavo Henry would have understood it was his name this would be especially clear if Gustavo extended his hand for a handshake while saying this in very casual situations you can even drop the hi and the how do you do all that is left would be your name the second thing you need to know is you can use I'm with just the first name or your first name and the last name together I'm Henry Eddins Eddins is Henry's family name using both your first name and your last name is a little more formal it also gives you less privacy for example if people know both your first and last name they can find you on the internet more easily so it may be more common for strangers to say just their first name than people meeting in a more friendly environment next you'll learn how to tell people to call you by a nickname just like Henry did in the scene but please call me Hank but please call me Hank the first word in the sentence is but this word is not necessary but it makes the transition to the rest of the sentence smoother Henry uses this to introduce a new piece of information and this information changes something about what he said before but makes this clear the next word introduces the polite request please PLEASE next is a request to use a certain name call call this is the word me me last is a common nickname for men named Henry Hank Hank please call me Hank the sentence structure is please call me plus your nickname now you try imagine your nickname is Matt say please call me Matt please call me Matt now imagine your nickname is Lulu say please call me Lulu please call me Lulu now use your own nickname say please call me and then use your nickname finally when you meet someone for the first time it's polite to say a set phrase at the end nice to meet you nice to meet you usually both people will say this or something similar to it now you try nice to meet you begin hi everybody welcome back to weekly words my name is Alisha and this week we're going to look at some common English idioms let's begin the first word or phrase rather is about - about - means you're going to start something you're going to begin doing something for example I'm about to start explaining this idiom to you hey okay the next word or phrase idiom the next idiom is by the way the word here they've used is incidentally it's a way to transition to another topic that's related to what you're talking about for example this week I'm going to a party by the way did you hear about the party happening next week so there's someone related mm-hmm okay the next idiom is in a way in a way this is kind of in a way it was a good thing that the burrito shop was closed because otherwise I would have eaten way too much and you can use this to show that there may be two sides to a situation maybe some things are negative maybe some things are positive next is on the other hand I hear this a lot on the other hand is a way of just saying however or to share two different sides to a story for example I think my coworker is really irritating on the other hand at parties he's really funny so you can show two maybe different sides to a point with this phrase next is a matter of fact as a matter of fact as an idiom this is a long way to just say actually or really it's a little bit more formal sounding so you might use it in a business meeting for example everybody at the business meeting might feel a little bit unsure about the previous month sales and you can begin your presentation by saying something like I know everybody was a little bit unsure about last week's or last month's sales performance but as a matter of fact things improved and that's the end those are some common idioms that you might hear in English give them a try they're pretty useful and you might hear a lot of them in conversation thanks very much for joining us this week and we'll see you again next time for more information bye hi everybody my name is Alisha and I am joined again in the studio by Michael hello and today we're going to be talking about English conversation strategies so let's get right into it let's start with Michael what is your first strategy for keeping an english conversation going this is very important don't say I'm fine thank you and you you hear this all the time from second language English learners or non-native speakers you learn this it's one of the first things you learn in an English class it's easy it's good its basic its foundation okay that's fine but as soon as you can switch it up because to me when I meet a foreigner and they come up and if they say hey how are you say oh I'm fine you know I'm good whatever how about you and they say I'm fine thank you and you and it's just it's almost robotic because I've said it so many times and when I hear that I think their English isn't that good and inside I'm just gonna be really polite and say hello and talk slowly and try to get out of there as quick as I can so really impress the foreigner in my opinion I think the best way to do it is say something you know you use a big word or just like a slang word something like that when I hear that I go wow man I want to know what this person thinks I want to get their point of view and I'm really excited and then I've had great conversations because of that um yeah that's a really really good one and actually I think on this YouTube channel actually from a couple years ago there's a video all about better answers to the question how are you then I'm fine thank you and you or if someone says hey how are you I'm good you are fine you never I'm fine thank you and you never but try to actually use you know afraid that a native speaker would use and then that's a clue to the native speaker that oh maybe this person is ready for a conversation beyond you know basic English so that's a really good point I like that I didn't think of things not to do I only thought of things to do oh okay cool um let's see let's go to my first one oh so this strategy in general is just ask the other person a question I think and I'm guilty of this too when I'm learning another language I tend to only get input like somebody else is always asking me the questions and then I forget myself to ask the other person a question so one question that I like to ask or you know a variation any kind of WH question is good like a food question what where something like this if you've been paying attention you can use any way to transition in your conversation this was in a previous video you can ask something like anyway up to anything fun this weekend this is a pretty casual conversational question than she can ask just about anybody whether you've just met them or whether you've known them for a while but just just get in the habit of asking other people the question don't wait for someone else to ask you the question so that that's one's try to do that I try to use to keep things going yeah me too I agree and I'm gonna say samesies because actually two of my questions were exactly what you said agree 100% this is kind of cheating these should be one but so always ask questions so you know again you forget it's really easy I'm really guilty of this English non English whatever I'm guilty of this and the other thing is ask deep open-ended questions so if you ask a yes-or-no question so again like Alicia was saying it just dead ends you can't just say you know do you like cheese yes or no right so you want to say what do you think about cheese what is your favorite kind and kind of open it up to something else and let it let it just kind of snowball yeah I think I think that's that's really a key like I have another variation I wish I guess I'll just continue on to because it kind of relates to what you're talking about like he's saying always ask questions always ask deep open-ended questions so like you meant you just said don't ask a yes-or-no question because yes or no ends with the yes or the no so one of the things that I'll do is use a pattern similar to this like hey did you see or hey did you hear about blah blah blah so you can use this little blah blah blah as your you can ask about the news you can ask about something funny you saw on the Internet you can ask about you know some something that you heard from another friend of yours whatever it's just a way to check in with the other person and say oh did you also experience this thing that I experienced let's talk about that so that might be another question that you can use with people I like that one I really like that one because you got to stay within people's comfort zone so maybe you asked and maybe they don't want to write so a good thing is did you hear about it that's up to them maybe they don't want to talk about it they can say oh yeah I heard about that and you can kind of feel the the atmosphere and and realize maybe I shouldn't talk about this change the subject or they get passionate and they start talking about it and there you go and just let it go absolutely one thing again I'm guilty of is is you do got to keep keep returning it right don't let it don't just say oh yeah and what I think about that ah bring it back ask them what about you that's a common thing I forget about yeah yeah yeah okay um good I have one more this one um use when you see fits don't I guess just okay I'll just introduce it complement the other person or complement the other persons this can be a nice strategy just to show that you're enjoying the other person's company it can be as simple as oh I like your shirt today or oh that's a nice dress you're wearing today or oh did you get a new haircut that looks good on you something like that so this is a nice a nice way to make the other person maybe you want to spend more time with you I think yeah I agree 100% two things one I think it's a good conversation starter sometimes if you got to be careful with the stranger it can be creepy it can be a little uncomfortable what you're complimenting right but if it's something like if they have a t-shirt and it's a band that you both like that's a great conversation starter and you feel wow we're connected you know number two the second thing I was thinking about is that keep it honest I love I love a sincere compliment it really means a lot more and it really does butter them up kind of get them open to having more conversations deeper that kind of thing but one of the things people do which which I don't like is let's say they say hey nice shirt and then the person out of habit will say oh you two I like your shirt too just my opinion I don't think this feels really natural doesn't really feel sincere so I would I would save it make a mental note and go hmmm I need to return the favor I need to give them a compliment but wait until you notice something you really do like and say hey actually I love blah blah blah yeah I think that's a great point like when you you can sense whether someone is being sincere or not what is your next strategy for continuing an English conversation well don't be afraid to open up I like this one I think this is good a lot of people will be kind of shy they won't open up too much again within within your comfort zone but I like this one because people will return the favor because if you're just having small talk and you say you know the weather is nice today blah blah blah you can only go so far so don't be afraid to say something personal again trust your judgment there'll be a creeper don't go we don't want to hear certain things about your life don't don't be a creep don't be a creep don't be weird don't be strange and like what you're saying about opening up open up is just a phrase that means share something about yourself so it can be as simple as what you did last weekend or what you're going to do this weekend or a project that you have coming up it doesn't mean that you have to spill all of your life secrets to the other person but just showing that you're willing to share something more personal about yourself can help ingratiate yourself or it can help you know make the other person help the other person understand you a little bit better that's a good tip I like that tip that's hard to do though it's hard it's a little bit scary I think to share parts of yourself but it's been it's good way to meet people and make friends all right I think that's all is that all that you have yeah that's all I got okay all right well those are some interesting strategies to keep an english conversation going so give them a try if you're ever at a loss for words and don't know what to say you can try one of these strategies and hopefully it will help you out please let us know if you have any other strategies or anything else that you would like to use or you try to use when you are having trouble keeping a conversation going leave us a comment and let us know what it is we will see you again next time do you have anything else you'd like to add that's about it all right so thanks very much for joining us and take it bye bye hi everybody and welcome back to top words my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about ten compliments that you always want to hear let's go I love your cooking this is my personal favorite compliment oh my god I love cooking like I'm always posting like pictures of things that I cooked on Twitter I'm just like crazy about food so this would be a compliment that I would love to get like the ultimate compliment for me that would be will you make my birthday cake that would be such a compliment like it's a question but it's in there's so much behind that will you make my birthday cake you would give that to me so maybe after you can use this after a meal for example I love your cooking and the other person will be like next is great job great job this is a compliment that you can use anytime you can use it to your with your friend with your not with your boss your boss might use it with you an employee a co-worker or colleague pet even whatever it's it's just a very small scale very easy to use compliment it means you think whatever has just happened is good I use great job all the time I use great job and I use good job sometimes when I make a mistake or something funny happens and I'm alone at my house and I want to make fun of myself I'll be like yeah great job Alicia but if I'm if I'm trying to be positive about a failure or laugh at myself a bit but in general it's just a good easy compliment to give someone great job you have a way with words you have a way with words this can be speaking this can be writing it means you think that the other person is a good communicator or maybe even more so than just a good communicator you think that the way they speak or the way that they write is particularly good so that could mean funny it could mean romantic it could mean dramatic something about the way they speak or the way that they write you really enjoy that you can say you have a way with words it's quite a nice compliment I think it's kind of like a you know it's smart it's a bit of a smart thing you have a way with words or you can say you're good with words you're really good with words yeah all right next one you look gorgeous you look gorgeous very nice compliment to give just be very careful with the way that you say this for an everyday compliment I tend not to say you look nice or you look gorgeous today or something like that because the underlying comment there is on the other days that person doesn't look nice like so if I want to compliment someone's appearance I try to pick a specific thing I'm like oh I've never seen you wear that sweater before it looks nice on you something like that like yesterday my friend had a new dress on and like is that a new dress and because I thought she looked nice but I didn't I didn't want to make it sound like I don't think she looks nice everyday so I said is that a new dress and she goes yeah and I said I think that color is really really nice on you it looks really good and she was so happy about that so yes there there are these compliments like you look nice you look great you look gorgeous and so on but I personally kind of prefer to level them up a little bit and just say pick a specific thing like did you get a new haircut did you dye your hair or you did you get something did something happen like what whatever it is try to pick up on a specific thing because then that shows you're paying attention to the other person and you think that whatever they have chosen to do whatever like clothing or whatever haircut whatever it is you think that they have good sense there too or good style so it's kind of like a double it's a very subtle double compliment yeah the next word is you have good tastes you have good taste this can be for food fashion style for decorating sense music in movies whatever if you think that that person's artistic selection is in whatever capacity if you think that that person makes good choices with their their appearance or their hobbies or whatever you can say you have good taste this is a fairly sophisticated compliment I think we use you have good taste for something like it's it sounds a bit more sophisticated maybe if you both choose the same bottle of wine perhaps like it has kind of a more formal adult dish sophisticated feeling about it this compliment so yeah maybe maybe wine is a good example of that yeah oh nice bottle choice like I really like that you have good taste you can follow this by the way you have good taste in blah blah blah you have good taste in movies you have good taste in music if you want to be specific about something that you think that person is really good at choosing you have good taste in now okay okay um next one is you have a great sense of humor you have a great sense of humor this is the this is the underlying compliment in the phrase you're so funny this is the underlying compliment you have a great sense of humor means the other person thinks you are funny you are good at telling jokes or you make them laugh this is actually one of my favorite compliments to get you have a great sense of humor yeah because I think that like you know people like to laugh so it's an it's an if someone makes you laugh you can say this you have a great sense of humor or you're very funny yeah it's a good one it's a really good one so you could say after a joke for example or after maybe you've you're you finished laughing it's something the other person has said you can say ah you have a great sense of humor good next one is your resume is impressive this is a weird compliment to say to your friends unless you're like reviewing your friends resume it's a bit weird this is something that perhaps someone interviewing another person for a job would say the candidate comes in for the interview the interviewer says well your resume is very impressive I'd like to ask you a few questions about it so this is good to hear in a work situation yeah you really probably won't need to use this with your friends if you do it's kind of weird oh wow this next one is quite a compliment nobody's ever says this yeah to be fair if somebody said this next one to me I would feel a little bit of like pressure the compliment here is you make me want to be a better person this is something that I think you see in movies from time to time first yeah I've had I had one person say like like oh that something you did inspired me and that was like really like wow that was really exciting like somebody was inspired by something like wow that's great I want to be like you that's a really cool compliment but if someone says you want to make me be a better person it's like oh wow like that means I'm really important to that person which is really flattering but at the same time if someone said that I would also be like if it's like my friend I'd be like but I want you to be you like I think you're a cool person already yeah it's like oh you make me want to be a better person like in that person the viewpoint you're like somehow above them and that's uncomfortable yeah just I would rather say you inspire me I think that that or like this thing that you did really inspired me like if somebody said like I saw that picture that you posted on Twitter of that pizza today Alicia and it really inspired me and I made my own pizza I'd be like yay Oh next one is nice actually I say this to my friends quite a bit you are an awesome friend this is really really good to use after your friend has helped you with something maybe you're moving to a new apartment or new house or maybe you've had some trouble and your friend gave you some good advice or your friend just listens to you when you really needed to talk to someone after that experience you could say thanks so much you were an awesome friend or maybe your friend did something really really cool and you just want to like tell them like I think you're really awesome just say you are an awesome friend they'll be happy to hear that or just you can abbreviate it to you are awesome not just you're an awesome friend just you are awesome you're a cool person you are awesome you're fantastic you are an awesome foreign you're an awesome friend compliments that I want to hear quite honestly I feel that the any physical appearance compliment is sort of boring to me honestly when people yeah really I'm just like okay great I didn't do anything to be have this body or face or whatever it's just it's like okay that doesn't mean anything like what are we gonna do with that it's like if you're one if you want to compliment somebody I feel like you should compliment them on their skills something that they have done or something that they have created or something about their personality that is valuable to you I think that that's a much better compliment so for me I like this is delicious because I love cooking so when somebody tells me this is so good like when they say it in just that right way and you can tell that it's real you can tell that it's true I'm just like yes when people go oh my god this is so good like I've cooked something really really well they say oh my god amazing or I want to eat your food that sort of thing when people say that I'm just like yes like that makes me so so happy because it's something like that's one of my favorite things to do it's a skill and it's something like I've worked hard to try to do well so when someone compliments me on that I get really excited alright so um those are compliments you always want to hear what compliments do you want to hear I don't know we've talked about we've talked about personality complements and we've talked about skill compliments but if there if you have a favorite compliment leave it in the comment box we can start a compliment mayhem among the commenters anyway positive feelings after this video everybody's cheery I think thanks very much for watching this episode of top words and we will see you again soon bye hi everybody welcome back to top words my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about ten different phrases that you can use to respond to the question how are you so let's go I'm great the first phrase is I'm great if someone says how are you you could say I'm great try to say I'm great with a kind of an upbeat voice so something you like how are you I'm great I'm feeling bad I'm feeling bad if you say I'm feeling bad the other person is probably if they're a friend of yours or a co-worker going to ask you why what happened so if you want to use I'm feeling bad make sure you have an explanation ready anyway somebody says how are you and you go I'm feeling bad maybe I went out for drinks last night with my coworkers oops I'm okay I'm okay I feel like this is one of those intonation practice ones I'm okay with that ah I'm okay it's like sort of upward intonation you're like cool but if someone says how are you you're like I'm okay they're like oh no what happened so you can use your intonation with I'm okay to make it a good thing or not a good thing but either way it's not like a very sick super serious response thank you for asking yeah I imagine this would be in a more formal situation like if my friend said to me how are you and I was like thank you for asking they'd be like what I would say I'm fine or I'm doing well I'm doing great plus thank you for asking so today how are you I'm doing very well thank you mmm oh that's how I would use it and you the next one is and you liked the least natural response - how are you is I'm fine thank you and you like just get out of put just take it out of your head nobody says that I always say how about you that's a much more natural thing how are you how are you how are you can be a response again after you have given your answer to the question how are you I'm great how are you how are you I'm good how are you I'm great how are you I'm okay how are you how have you been recently how have you been recently this is only useful if you haven't seen the other person for a while I'm not bad I'm not bad I'm not bad how are you I'm not bad no I'm not bad hmm things could be worse I would probably do this I'm sleepy the next expression is I'm sleepy Hey it's like so specific if someone said how are you I would probably say I'm okay but I'm a little sleepy I don't know that I would just say I'm sleepy unless it's a really good friend of mine it's a person close to you you can say I'm so tired I'm I would say I'm super tired or I'm really tired and I feel like that's a little bit more natural than just I'm sleepy I'm good one that I use a lot if someone says how are you I say I'm good that's just probably my go-to response yeah I'm good I'm good maybe I'll repeat it while smiling I'm good I'm good yeah thanks for asking that is the end those are ten phrases that you can use to respond to the question how are you if there's one takeaway from this and from other things that we've done over the last few years in this channel just get rid of that I'm fine thank you and you and pick one of these that we've talked about today of course if there's another expression that you use for a response to how are you I'd be very interested to learn about that but in general you're pretty safe if you so thanks very much for watching this episode of top words and we will see you again soon bye noise [Music]

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